Looking at some of the top moments in team sports that occurred on July 22 in history.
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Daily Digits July 22
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.
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July 22, 1923 - Washington Senators future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson became the first to reach 3,000 career strikeout milestone with 5 K's in 3-1 win over Cleveland Indians. The legendary hurler sat down a total of 3,508 batters in his career.
July 22, 1925 - NY Yankees buy future Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Leo Durocher from Hartford Senators of the Eastern League. Leo finally wore a Yankee Number of 7 during the 1929 season.
July 22, 1926 - Cincinnati Reds right fielder Curt Walker ties National League record of 2 triples in an inning in a 13-1 rout of the Boston Braves
July 22, 1936 - Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johnny Moore, wearing Number 33 hits 3 straight home runs in a 16-4 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates
July 22, 1962 - Chicago White Sox outfielder Floyd Robinson in the Sox Number 3 uniform, goes 6 for 6 (all singles) as Chicago knocked off the Boston Red Sox, 7-3 at Fenway Park.
July 22, 1983 - MLB California Angels outfielder Number 5, Brian Downing's error ends his record streak at 244 games
July 22, 1997 - Greg Maddux wearing the Number 31 jersey of the Atlanta Braves threw a complete game with just 76 pitches.
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A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: On This Day Sports, the Sports Reference's family of website databases & Stathead.com.
Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of the 1933 Goudey baseball card of Leo Durocher of the Cincinnati Reds.
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